Staff

The OYY staff includes a secretariat of experts, office staff and the editor-in-chief of the Oulu Student Magazine. They manage all the day-to-day work of the student union and can help you in the ups and downs of student life.

A crew of experts officers works under the Secretary General of OYY. They look out for your interests and you can contact them when you need help in facing problems related to student life. The secretariat prepares and assists the Executive Board in its decision-making processes. The officers of the secretariat manage the day-to-day running of their specific sectors.

Do you have a question or a problem concerning studying or student life, but you don’t know who could help you? Don’t worry! You can reach Student Unions specialists by sending e-mail to help@nulloyy.fi and the staff of the Student Union will evaluate who answers your concern!

You can send general feedback to feedback@nulloyy.fi.

The Oulu Student Magazine, or Ylkkäri, is a free student magazine available online. The magazine includes information and news on all aspects of student life!

Aino-Kaisa Manninensecretary general aka “pääsihteeri”

The secretary general (SG) oversees the secretariat and is in charge of staff management, finances and planning. SG is secretarit of OYY’s Student Council and OYY’s Executive Board. SG is responsiand also works with public relations and collaboration.

Hennamari Toiviainenspecialist: social affairs aka “sopoasiantuntija”

The social affairs specialist makes sure the basic elements of student life are in order so that students can concentrate on their main job – being students. The social affairs specialist keeps an eye on student meals, sports and exercise, health care, accommodation, well-being, student support, equality, employment and the living environment in the City of Oulu.

Keeping you in the know. The CS is the communications guru who works with communication at the organisation and student levels at OYY, and keeps an eye out for the students when it comes to the student communication at the university . The CS handles daily communications from media-monitoring to moderating email lists. The idea is to make things transparent, interactive, clarify and bring out the the significance of OYY to each member.

Riitta Kalevaoffice secretary aka “kanslisti”

Tel: +358 50 407 9623Email: office(a)oyy.fi

The first point of contact. The office secretary is the heart of the organisation, dealing with key member issues. Collection of student fees, processing student card applications and OYY registrations and giving out sports passes are just some of the things she does. The office secretary also lends out the stuff that OYY has available for students to borrow and controls the quick loan scheme. The left hand of the secretary general, the office sec also runs day-to-day finances of OYY.